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Acutiramus is a
genus of
giant predatory eurypterid, an
extinct group of
aquatic arthropods.
Fossils of
Acutiramus have been
discovered in
deposits of...
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present in
Pterygotus and
Acutiramus.
Genital appendages can vary even
within genera; for instance, the
genital appendage of
Acutiramus changes from species...
- and
Acutiramus would be
recognized as separate, but
closely related,
genera (Erettopterus by Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering in 1961, and
Acutiramus by Størmer...
- (Phosphatocopina)
Other examples of now
extinct arthropod groups include Acutiramus (Eurypterida)
Apankura (Euthycarcinoidea)
Trimerus (Artiopoda) Concavicaris...
- 3-segmented
chelicerae Isolated fossil chelicera of a
pterygotid eurypterid,
Acutiramus ****mingsi This is the
primitive condition and
occurs in
arachnids such...
- ever
lived with some
members of the family, such as
Jaekelopterus and
Acutiramus,
exceeding 2
metres (6.6 ft) in length.
Their fossilized remains have...
- the Pterygotidae, is
noted for
several unusually large species. Both
Acutiramus,
whose largest member A.
bohemicus measured 2.1
meters (6.9 ft), and Pterygotus...
- (claws).
Although some
pterygotid eurypterids, such as
Jaekelopterus or
Acutiramus grew to
gigantic proportions, it is
estimated that the
largest species...
- The
large chelicerae of the
pterygotid eurypterid Acutiramus ****mingsi, with
pedipalps undiferentiated from the
walking legs...
- but this is
based on an
incomplete telson only. A
close contender was
Acutiramus bohemicus at 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) in length. The
largest megalograptid as...
